2008 Meeting Program Summary

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THURSDAY, APRIL 17
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

P-1

Poster Session 1

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

1		Panel Discussion: “Re-engineering the Survey of Income and Program Participation”
2		Panel Discussion: "Order in the Court: Demographers as Expert Witnesses in Legal Proceedings"
3		Low Fertility in Comparative Perspective
4		Cohabitation
5		Gender, Labor Force, and Earnings
6		Race/Ethnic Differences in Adult Health and Mortality
7		Migration, Race-Ethnicity and Community Change
8		Child Health and Wellbeing in Developed Countries
9		Mother’s Work and Child Outcomes
10		Demographic Implications of HIV/AIDS
11		Explanations for SES Gradients in Adult Health/Mortality
12		Population, Development, and Natural Resources
13		Statistical Demography
14		Gender Dynamics and Reproduction
15		Historical Demography
16		Sex Ratios in Asia

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

17		Panel Discussion: The American Community Survey: Promise, Products and Perspectives
18		Demography with a Gender Lens
19		Factors Affecting Fertility Timing
20		International Migration
21		Fertility, Politics and Public Policy
22		Health and Environment
23		International Perspectives on Health and Mortality
24		Union Formation
25		Transition to Adulthood
26		Race/Ethnic Inequalities
27		Fathers in Families and Child Well-Being
28		Formal Demography
29		Characteristics of Populations Affected by Forced Displacement
30		Religion, Changing Ideologies and Fertility
31		Genes, Sexual Behavior and Fertility
32		Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

P-2

Poster Session 2

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
1:30 PM - 3:20 PM

33		Panel Discussion: “What Next for the Demography of Aging?”
34		Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Populations of the Affected Areas
35		Migration, Transnationality and Fertility
36		Public Policy and Child Wellbeing
37		Social Mobility: Across and Within Generations
38		Obesity, Health, and Mortality
39		International Perspectives on Cohabitation
40		Union Dissolution
41		Innovative Applications of Administrative Records in Demographic Research
42		Economic Growth, Gender, and Intergenerational Relations
43		School and Teacher Quality: Levels and Distribution
44		School Demography
45		Demography of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
46		Contextual Influences on Employment and Motherhood Outcomes
47		Family Change in Historical Perspective
48		Genetic Influences on Health and Mortality

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

P-3

Poster Session 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 17
3:30 PM - 5:20 PM

49		Panel Discussion: "From Mollie Orshansky to Hurricane Katrina: Population Perspectives on 40 Years of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policy for Families and Children"
50		Socio-Cultural and Gender Dimensions of Sexual Behavior and STDs
51		The Demography of HIV/AIDS
52		Comparative Perspectives on Undocumented Workers
53		Work and Family
54		Child Care, Schooling and Development
55		Methodological Issues in Health and Mortality
56		Migration and Education
57		Factors Influencing the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Adult Health
58		The Impact of Life-Changing Events on Retirement Well-Being
59		Late life Disability: Trends, Measurement and Policy Implications
60		New Approaches in Demographic Data Collection and Measurements
61		Economic Perspectives on Intrafamily Resource Flows
62		Sibling Effects Across the Life Course
63		Socioeconomic Attainment and Assimilation of Asian Americans
64		Housing and Population

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

P-4

Poster Session 4

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

65		Author meets critics Matthew Connelly’s book "Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population."
66		Timing of Childbearing
67		Social Inequality and Disasters
68		Social and Economic Consequences of Migration
69		Socio-Economic Status and Adult Health/Mortality
70		Immigration and Child Development
71		Adult Mortality Differences by Race/Ethnicity
72		Retirement and Labor Force Behavior of the Elderly: U.S. and International Comparative Analyses
73		Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Developed Countries
74		Gender Issues: Cross-National Comparisons
75		Gender, Marriage and Mortality
76		Family Economic Relations
77		Cross-national Perspectives on Family and Fertility
78		Fathers and Children
79		Sources of Racial and Ethnic Differentiation in Residential Space
80		Religion and Human Capital

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

81		Panel Discussion: “Who’s back; who’s coming; who’s going; who’s gone? Demographic data needs of the press and government in the wake of Katrina.”
82		Neighborhood Effects in the Moving to Opportunity Experiment: An Exchange
83		Fertility, Reproductive Health And Economic Change
84		Gender Differences in Adult Health and Mortality
85		Family Structure and Child Well-Being
86		Urbanization Processes
87		Population and Environment: Making Use of Secondary Data Sources
88		Beyond Cohabitation: Living Together and Living Apart
89		Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Attainment
90		Case Studies in Applied Demography
91		Family Dynamics, Race/Ethnicity, and Early Child Wellbeing
92		Family Context and Health Outcomes for Parents and Children
93		Generational Exchanges and Relationships: Grandparents and Grandchildren
94		Contemporary Topics in Mexican Demography
95		Biodemographic Perspectives on Early Life Influences on Later Life Health
96		New Approaches in Demographic Estimation and Modeling

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

P-5

Poster Session 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

97		Panel Discussion: “Best Practices in Research Translation and Dissemination”
98		Neighborhood Processes
99		Race, Ethnicity, Ancestry, and Caste in Demographic Measurement
100		Fertility Regulation Through The Life Course
101		Advances in Fertility Metrics and Models
102		Public Policy and Family Forms
103		Race, Ethnicity, and Education
104		Redistribution, Poverty and Inequality Across and Within Populations
105		Understanding Health and Mortality Using Biomarkers
106		Sub-National Population Estimates and Projections
107		Family Background and Inequality in Higher Education
108		Spatial Segregation and Locational Choice
109		The Demography of Crime and Punishment
110		Family Structure Transitions and Child Well-Being
111		Modeling Demographic Processes
112		Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: Gender Issues

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

P-6

Poster Session 6

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
2:30 PM - 4:20 PM

113		Panel Discussion: PAA: How did we get here and where are we going?
114		Mental Health Consequences of Hurricane Katrina on Affected Populations
115		The Relationship between Fertility and Family Planning
116		Poverty, Hardship and Mobility Amongst Women and Children in the USA
117		Health over the Life Course and across Generations
118		Transatlantic comparisons of children of immigrants in schools
119		Migration and Gender
120		Child Health and Well-Being in Developing Countries
121		Family and Health over the Life Course
122		Neighborhoods and Health
123		Education: Causes and Effects
124		Family Background, Cohabitation, and Marriage
125		International Insights about Health and Mortality
126		Progression of Fertility Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa
127		Fertility at the Extremes
128		Spatial Dimensions of Local Processes

SATURDAY, APRIL 19
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

129		Infant and Child Mortality
130		Tracking the Displaced: Methods and Results
131		Household Configurations and Reproductive Life
132		Spatial Demography
133		Neighborhood/Community Influences on Adult Health and Mortality
134		Behavioral Risk Factors and Health/Mortality
135		Age-Cohort Methodological Innovations and Findings: Mortality
136		The Biodemography of Aging
137		Policy Studies
138		Abortion as a Recourse for Fertility Control
139		Multiple Partnerships
140		Inequalities in Early Education
141		Life Course Connections
142		The Transition to Adulthood Across the Globe
143		Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants and Program Evaluations
144		Childbearing in Latin America and Asia

SATURDAY, APRIL 19
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

P-7

Poster Session 7

SATURDAY, APRIL 19
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

145		The Elderly and their Kin: The Family, the Market and the State
146		Immigration, the Labor Force, and Inequality
147		Residential Choice and Segregation
148		Immigrant Migration and Dispersion
149		International Migration II
150		Methods for Locating Hard to Find Populations
151		Population Perspectives on Cognitive Function and Mental Health
152		Demography of Islamic Societies and Populations
153		Sex: He Says , She Says
154		Infant and Child Mortality II
155		Social Status and Reproduction: Interrelationships between Poverty, Wealth and Fertility
156		Generational Exchanges and Relationships: Adult-Children and Elderly Parents
157		Children's Outcomes and Parental Nonstandard Work Schedules
158		Current Mortality Research Issues
159		Improving child health in developed and developing countries
160		Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage: Gender Issues

SATURDAY, APRIL 19
12:30 PM - 2:20 PM

161		Migration and Health in Developing Countries
162		Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
163		Racial Differences in Education
164		Immigrants in Old and New Destinations
165		Gender Issues: Cross-National Comparisons (2)
166		Insights on Family Transfers to Elderly Parents: A Cross-National Perspective
167		Gender and Labor Force Participation in Different National Contexts
168		Religion, Contraception, and Fertility
169		Gender and Health Risks over the Life Course
170		The Immigration Process and Children's Outcomes in Origins and Destinations
171		Assortative Mating
172		Gender, Neigbors, Family and School
173		Disability and Active Life Expectancy in Asian Populations
174		Variability in Race/Ethnic Classification Schemas and its Effects on Demographic Patterns
175		Circumcision, Sexual Relationships and HIV Risk: Africa and the U.S

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